Locking and unlocking screen in redhat [closed]

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Guys please I want to lock and unlock the screen from text mode where there is no GUI any help is appreciated Thanks

Answer 1

Try running vlock or if your system has GNU-screen, you can lock it up using ctrl x (more screen cmds)

Using screen you can keep your background processes running which you can attach to later using the cmds mentioned in the link.

Answer 2

Under text console you can try:

vlock -a